Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-28
John Lesner, who has been in Office for the
last twelve years. was defeated.
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cHlks lou n1lOTltN. W. l.. Moon, sneflus
l13 majority; A. X. Green, treasurer, 40
majority; Nat Loyelacc. commissioner oi
the revenue for the middle district, IS MA.
iority. W. B. Chandler and &. VI. Jordan.
commissioners Of the revenue for the north
ern and sou'hern districts, arc also elected.
bur their maiorities are not vet ascertqincd.
LOUISA COUNTY.
LOUISA COURTHOUSE. Va, May IL
George X. Anderson (DemOcra0 was elected
over W, +. Bibb (DemOcrli) for Comm M
wcalihs atOruey-by over 800 m j)rity. NJ.
+. Gooch (Dcmocn), present treasurer,
Was r. elected over J. j. Boylcy (DemocriD
Ivy about 400 majority. ". Q. Jennings
(DCmocra) was reelected sheriff over !. II.
Voolfolk (Republican) by about % MAORI
~. 4. j. Richardson and j. w. BlSer
(Democrais) were reelected commissioners
II the revenue. The supervisors elected
are Drs. j. p. Nay and p. u. Pendlctou.
(DemOcrais) aud George Turner and Gar
Ictt McGehce (eepubicansr
LOUISA &. H.. VA, May '21.-Jessc J.
Porter, clerk of the County Court, and
Samuel II Parsons. clerk OF the Circuit
Court, were elected without opposition ny
the solid votes Oi both Democrats and Re-
publlcans.
CLIFTON FORGE AND ALLEGHANY.
CLIFTON FoHGE, May 2G The elec'Ion
passed of quietly here TO-DAY. the Rephb'
licaps in the main electing the county DIN
cia;s. with pcr5ap. the exception OF County
Clerk liohbs, who was supported hy many
Republicans. The municipal election, IN
der the recent act Of tie Legislature
amending the charter Of the town. was
also held to-day. 30 we have the anomaly
" having tgO councils, the former council
claiming tLat the act ordering an election
at this Tine is unconstitutional, inasmuch
- they we're elected for 4 term o. four
YEAR. they having under thc former aci
TWO years yetin which 10 serve. They, there
fore. propose 10 hold over to te,t tue le-
galiiy oil tue act. rhc result will be
watched with much interest.
GREENE CoUSTY.
STANARDsyLLE, May 27.-Thi, county
elected yesterday the 2Giu) AZ the Demo-
crltia candidate, Oy good majority eN-
cept the Comm0nNelitb attorney. The
Re, ublicars elected their man to tnIS office
by a small a,orIiy. We had hard li!ht.
STAFFORD, KING GEORGE, AND sPOrsYL-
yANIA.
FEFDERECKsBURG, VA. Nav 27.-Thc
81, ctiobs in Stafford, King George, and
Spoi>ylvania PISSED OF quietly. Unoincill
returns from stafford elect Chesley (Repub-
lican) for treasurer over Colonel Waller
Oemocrst by 80 majority; Kennedy (ie-
publican) for sheriff over Adie (OemocraO
by majority. Bryant RepubIicau) de-
ieats TGckett tDem0craD for clerk of the
courts hy over 500 majority. White % 'mo-
crall Is reelected Common ECal;h's attOr-
nCy.
ip Snotsylyaria all the old officers sre re-
olCcftd by handsome mLiOritlos except
Couaiy-TICasurer Alrich, who i, defeated
Nv T.. ". C0lbert (DcmOcrAD by i1rEe
Eoi ity.
PANE Eepubhcap) is elected CLERK Of
Kins George county and cifcuit cadris
over Brown Oem0craD, who has hcih The
Office iorty-lbrce year..
HANOVER.
ASHLAND. va. Nay 27.-Nothing definite
can be icarutd except that the four most
important officers OF the county are re-
elected Horne, treasurer: Brown, clerk of
;he Circuit Court; Sharp, sheriff: aud illW,
commonwealth attorney. Also. --
raylor, Jr., clerk OF the County Court. Pne
,oie for cOmmis issIoners Of the revenue vii
be very close. John ;. Goats will receive
a majority for commissioner oi Beaver Dlm
district. Ii is difficult TO secure anything
official. as there are many independent
canGida.cs and tickets are greatly scrltc ned.
Il took f!om sundOwn yeslerdiy until 5
O'Clock this morning 10 count tue snail
vote OF tins district. No particular intrssl
marked the election. 4 slight aiiray Oc-
CURED Yesterday between Mr. ID. \. Br) gn
ana Luther Nash. brising Out OF disp ite
over Election tickets.
sNYTH.
MAE0N, VA, May 27.-W. {. Se2i'n,
NemvcraO CLERK; j. w. Richardson & N
ocrat), treasurer; +. ". Leonard (RepI)-
licanj, sheriff; and \. VI. Dickinson -
puhlican), CONFERENCE.-The attorney. ''e
elected. TIE Republicans made thr nat
for clerk and lost-a victory for the DcGo
ciats.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
CHnISTIANsBURG, Va, May 27.-The r'nc-
ton passed oil quietly and remark l'iy
heavy vote was pOlicd. The Repubhc rs
have swept the county by maiorities ri'S-
iug from -. in the ease oi Circuit-C ,urt
clerk, to 1,141, in the ease OF sheriff.
NiNsEEoND AND sUFTOLE.
SUFFOLK, VA, May 27.-The election
Yesterday for county and municipal OH
GERS was hotly contested, but passed )ll
quietly. The Republicans had a regnar
tickd for county officers with the eX; p.
ton oI clerk, for which position Mr.. Peter
B. Prentis, the present Incumbent, bad no
orpO.iiion. IS the county i Republican the
Democrats made No nominations. ut
there we're numerous Democratic en-
didate, running independently. ii. T..
smith DcmocraO was rejected treasurer
over ". II. Goodrich RcpubIicin) by
about 7C0 majority. l.. +. Holland Demo
craft was elected Common ~ealth's atiDr-
ncy over Stale senator &. II. CauSey Re
publicsn) by majority OF between 200
and 500.
The Republican candidates for sheriff
anO commissioners of revenue were elcc"d.
As th,re were two TO three Independent
candidates for each Office. In the municl'
pal contest party lines were not drawn. 1nd
ibe Gsnt was on local ISSUES, although each
party had up council ticket, the on" PIT
up by the Republicans having two or tlree
Democrats on il. Five OF the cDndidaIe' IN
the lasi.namc1 ticket were elected AMI 'ne
on The Conservative ticket -nlmely, Henry
Il. Cu,ley, Mlfmaduke Jones. Jane, VI.
Butler, :. \. Baker. Il. IL. Brinkley, AID
]. L. Pinner. Benjamin Elddick (lnJe-
pendcnI DemOcraD was elected mlyOr over
Hereev Woodward independent Repuoli-
CAM by majority OF Gj. Tlc total yot' 81
suffolk was sos, and the canyls'ers wrfe
until 10 O'Clock this mOrnng in counting
the ballots. there being nineteen pe'-DIs
voted for for cOun,y and mualcipal o.iceF:.
PITrSYLvANIA.
CHATHAM, VA, May 27.-The election oi
county officials took place here yesterday.
The Judges OF election have Just heard
from The last precinct, but the old Off i;srs
were reelected by good maiOrities, wrh
he execution OF G.. :. Norman, who wlS
succeeded by II. W. White as commissioner
of the revenue in the Third dlstri;..
Everything passed OF quietly, and thc
people are well pleased With tue result,
every officer being true Democrat.
LoUDOUN COUNTY,
TevsnrRG. VA, MAY 27.-The election
PASSED of quietly IN tDis county on ye'ier'
dav. a large vote was polled. EX'Jndge
/ II. McCabe was elected COmmonwellths
attorney by some 200 10 1900 majority.
Herbert Osbourn is elected treasurer nv
sbout zoo msjority and r.. l.. Bennett Cir-
emil Court clerk. The election was non
PARTISAN. No nominations lad been m1ie
ty either Iarly.
ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY.
LEXINGTON, Va, MAY 27.-RockorldSe
Uent De mocratic by an increased miiorlty ?;
The entire Democratic ticket for mayor ana
council was elected in Lexington.
ALBEMARLE.